All George Sand Quotes
I see upon their noble brows the seal of the Lord, for they were born kings of the earth far more truly than those who possess it only from having bought it.
George Sand
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Life in common among people who love each other is the ideal of happiness.
George Sand
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Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.
George Sand
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The trade of authorship is a violent, and indestructible obsession.
George Sand
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He who draws noble delights from sentiments of poetry is a true poet, though he has never written a line in all his life.
George Sand in
Poetry
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Life resembles a novel more often than novels resemble life.
George Sand
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Once my heart was captured, reason was shown the door, deliberately and with a sort of frantic joy. I accepted everything, I believed everything, without struggle, without suffering, without regret, without false shame. How can one blush for what one adores?
George Sand
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One changes from day to day, and... after a few years have passed one has completely altered.
George Sand
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Charity degrades those who receive it and hardens those who dispense it.
George Sand
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I have no enthusiasm for nature which the slightest chill will not instantly destroy.
George Sand
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Work is not man's punishment. It is his reward and his strength and his pleasure.
George Sand in
Work
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Try to keep your soul young and quivering right up to old age.
George Sand
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The artist vocation is to send light into the human heart.
George Sand
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